The UK singles chart of April 8, 1978 was an odd affair, with novelty acts like Brian & Michael doing battle with sizzling new acts like Blondie. The previous’s “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs” was holding the latter’s “Denis” off the highest spot. The Prime 10 additionally featured everybody from disco soulsters (Eruption) to rock’n’roll revivalists (Showaddywaddy) to a brand new wave producer-artist (Nick Lowe). Kate Bush, Genesis, and Gerry Rafferty have been additionally within the combine.
In that confused industrial image, at a modest No.44, started the chart profession of one of the crucial enduring and endearing British teams of the final 4 many years, Squeeze. They nudged into the bestsellers for the primary time with “Take Me I’m Yours.”
For many singles consumers, it was their introduction to the distinctive twin-octave cut up vocals of Difford and Tilbrook, in addition to Glenn’s excellent ear for melody and Chris’ razor-sharp lyrics. To a disco pulse and a vaguely mystical, oriental musical backdrop, they sang of deserts and camels. “Amusing belly dancers distract me from my wine/across Tibetan mountains are memories of mine.” It was a far cry from Brian & Michael’s matchstalk males.
“Take Me I’m Yours” was a part of the south London group’s then-just-released, self-titled debut album, which they produced with former Velvet Underground tastemaker John Cale. Per week after its chart debut, the observe was within the Prime 40, at No.32, and would peak at No.19 in early Might.
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It was the primary of Squeeze’s 23 singles to make the highest 75 over the following 18 years. In 2015, the band delighted their legions of followers with an in depth UK tour across the extremely profitable From The Cradle To The Grave, their first assortment of recent songs since 1998. Autumn 2017 noticed the present line-up, led as soon as once more by Difford and Tilbrook, hitting the street behind one other acclaimed new album launch, The Data. In March 2019, they introduced that their October/November UK tour, the Difford And Tilbrook Songbook 2019, would profit the Trussell Belief meals financial institution community. Early in 2022 they introduced the autumn’s Meals For Thought tour, which confirmed the now-seven-piece band on prime type as ever.
Purchase or stream “Take Me I’m Yours” is on the 2017 vinyl reissue of the Squeeze album.
